State Bill Would Streamline Affordable Housing by Nixing Skilled-and-Trained Requirements

A battle is brewing in Sacramento as the California State Senate debates a significant bill that appears to pit workers’ rights against affordable housing advocacy. Assembly Bill 2011 (a.k.a. the...

How the San Diego Building Trades Accomplished Nation’s Second-Biggest PLA

One of the first things Carol Kim did after being hired as political director of the San Diego County Building and Construction Trades Council in 2016 was to immediately plant the seeds of what...

My Father, Fred Ross, Trained Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to Organize. His Approach Can Help Us Win Today’s Fights.

With another Father’s Day come and gone, I’ve found myself thinking recently on my dad, Fred Ross, and the extent to which he influenced both me and the world.

Reviving SF’s Workforce Alignment Committee With Real Accountability, Labor Voice

Oversight, accountability, and a much stronger labor voice are all likely to be features of a new version of San Francisco’s long-criticized and currently mothballed City Workforce Alignment...

UC Regents Approve New UCSF Parnassus Hospital Build

The University of California’s Board of Regents has voted to approve UC San Francisco’s plans for a brand-new high-tech hospital at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center on its Parnassus Heights campus....

Pelosi Pays Visit to Plumbers’ Post, Praises Bay Labor Power

On Wednesday, May 20, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited UA Local 38 Plumbers and Pipefitters’ Larry Mazzola Sr. Union Hall. She was there to thank the labor organizations of California and of San...